I think Hannah deserves a nomination, but I'm not best qualified to write it having only dipped into the junior threads occasionally.

Nominations

1. Zech Hamrouni - won the J100 title in Loughborough for his first title in singles at this level, previously won a J30 in 2023. Will rise over 100 places to top 300 with this win. And apparently a nice guy as well!

2. Daniela Piani - capping off a breakout year by winning her fourth J100 title of 2024, at Loughborough. This should take her to a new CH.

3. Jodie Burrage - for winning the W100 in Dubai and reaching the the semi-final in the doubles (with Freya Christie). The W100 title is her best by some distance (her previous best title was a W60.) During the tournament, she only lost one set. In the final, she beat the number 1 seed, an in-form Kudermetova who had just reached a new CH. Jodie's wins here will take her back into the top 200 in singles and top 250 in doubles. In addition to being excellent results in themselves, Jodie has shown a lot of improved mental toughness: when she's had moments of getting frustrated, she's been able to settle down, figure out hiow to counter what's annoying her and turn sets around.

4. Stefan Cooper - age 28 - just won his first ITF title - the doubles at the M15 in Mexico. They also serve who only stand and wait. (And he's quite a fun guy to watch)

5. Hannah Klugman - defending her title from 2023, Hannah reached the semifinal of the J500 Orange Bowl event; winning her opening three matches in 3 sets, she then beat the 7th seed before losing a 3 set semi. Good effort and fought hard all week

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 Hope this works, TA?! Anyone can add something if they feel it needs it! 

Nominations

1. Zech Hamrouni - won the J100 title in Loughborough for his first title in singles at this level, previously won a J30 in 2023. Will rise over 100 places to top 300 with this win. And apparently a nice guy as well!

2. Daniela Piani - capping off a breakout year by winning her fourth J100 title of 2024, at Loughborough. This should take her to a new CH.

3. Jodie Burrage - for winning the W100 in Dubai and reaching the the semi-final in the doubles (with Freya Christie). The W100 title is her best by some distance (her previous best title was a W60.) During the tournament, she only lost one set. In the final, she beat the number 1 seed, an in-form Kudermetova who had just reached a new CH. Jodie's wins here will take her back into the top 200 in singles and top 250 in doubles. In addition to being excellent results in themselves, Jodie has shown a lot of improved mental toughness: when she's had moments of getting frustrated, she's been able to settle down, figure out hiow to counter what's annoying her and turn sets around.

4. Stefan Cooper - age 28 - just won his first ITF title - the doubles at the M15 in Mexico. They also serve who only stand and wait. (And he's quite a fun guy to watch)

5. Hannah Klugman - defending her title from 2023, Hannah reached the semifinal of the J500 Orange Bowl event; winning her opening three matches in 3 sets, she then beat the 7th seed before losing a 3 set semi. Good effort and

6. Eliz Maloney - for winning the British Tour Masters at Loughborough. After a disappointing singles season Eliz avanged previous defeats by Hep Oluwadare to come back from a 1-4 deficit to win 8 successive games and finish with an excellent 4 and 3 victory. Eliz was also part of the UK Students team who won silver in France at the beginning of the month

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1. Zech Hamrouni - won the J100 title in Loughborough for his first title in singles at this level, previously won a J30 in 2023. Will rise over 100 places to top 300 with this win. And apparently a nice guy as well!

2. Daniela Piani - capping off a breakout year by winning her fourth J100 title of 2024, at Loughborough. This should take her to a new CH.

3. Jodie Burrage - for winning the W100 in Dubai and reaching the the semi-final in the doubles (with Freya Christie). The W100 title is her best by some distance (her previous best title was a W60.) During the tournament, she only lost one set. In the final, she beat the number 1 seed, an in-form Kudermetova who had just reached a new CH. Jodie's wins here will take her back into the top 200 in singles and top 250 in doubles. In addition to being excellent results in themselves, Jodie has shown a lot of improved mental toughness: when she's had moments of getting frustrated, she's been able to settle down, figure out hiow to counter what's annoying her and turn sets around.

4. Stefan Cooper - age 28 - just won his first ITF title - the doubles at the M15 in Mexico. They also serve who only stand and wait. (And he's quite a fun guy to watch)

5. Hannah Klugman - defending her title from 2023, Hannah reached the semifinal of the J500 Orange Bowl event; winning her opening three matches in 3 sets, she then beat the 7th seed before losing a 3 set semi. Good effort and

6. Eliz Maloney - for winning the British Tour Masters at Loughborough. After a disappointing singles season Eliz avanged previous defeats by Hep Oluwadare to come back from a 1-4 deficit to win 8 successive games and finish with an excellent 4 and 3 victory. Eliz was also part of the UK Students team who won silver in France at the beginning of the month

7. Emily Webley-Smith - at age 40, Emily has just re-entered the top-400 in doubles

Just updating Daniela's ranking (and also added back the last few words of Hannah's entry that had got cut off at some point.)

1. Zech Hamrouni - won the J100 title in Loughborough for his first title in singles at this level, previously won a J30 in 2023. Will rise over 100 places to top 300 with this win. And apparently a nice guy as well!

2. Daniela Piani - capping off a breakout year by winning her fourth J100 title of 2024, at Loughborough. This takes her to a new CH of JWR 123 (having started the year JWR 262.)

3. Jodie Burrage - for winning the W100 in Dubai and reaching the the semi-final in the doubles (with Freya Christie). The W100 title is her best by some distance (her previous best title was a W60.) During the tournament, she only lost one set. In the final, she beat the number 1 seed, an in-form Kudermetova who had just reached a new CH. Jodie's wins here will take her back into the top 200 in singles and top 250 in doubles. In addition to being excellent results in themselves, Jodie has shown a lot of improved mental toughness: when she's had moments of getting frustrated, she's been able to settle down, figure out hiow to counter what's annoying her and turn sets around.

4. Stefan Cooper - age 28 - just won his first ITF title - the doubles at the M15 in Mexico. They also serve who only stand and wait. (And he's quite a fun guy to watch)

5. Hannah Klugman - defending her title from 2023, Hannah reached the semifinal of the J500 Orange Bowl event; winning her opening three matches in 3 sets, she then beat the 7th seed before losing a 3 set semi. Good effort and fought hard all week.

6. Eliz Maloney - for winning the British Tour Masters at Loughborough. After a disappointing singles season Eliz avanged previous defeats by Hep Oluwadare to come back from a 1-4 deficit to win 8 successive games and finish with an excellent 4 and 3 victory. Eliz was also part of the UK Students team who won silver in France at the beginning of the month

7. Emily Webley-Smith - at age 40, Emily has just re-entered the top-400 in doubles

 

-- Edited by Tanaqui on Monday 16th of December 2024 09:54:47 AM

-- Edited by Tanaqui on Monday 16th of December 2024 09:57:00 AM

-- Edited by Tanaqui on Monday 16th of December 2024 10:45:11 AM

This week we have Ryan, Giles, Emile and Millen in men's main draw action, with a few players trying to get through qualies in Doha still.

And, biggest of all, Jizel is in the main draw of the W50 in Mumbai, well done to her on qualifying, and hope she can progress a little in the main draw.

The rest of the action outside of Bali, Doha, Mumbai, is in Scotstoun, where 16 men and 16 women players battle for the Tennis Scotland Open Tour Finals titles.

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Monday 16th of December 2024 10:08:14 AM

Tanaqui wrote:

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Coup Droit wrote:

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(Tanaqui - Daniela was JWR 262 on Jan 1st 2024)

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 Thanks, CD! I was looking at her ITF page which seemed to only have a year-end ranking for 2021 and I didn't know where else to look. (Probably somewhere on here!)

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